Their expressions were of great shock, as if they had been struck in the head with a hammer.
All the effort they had put into acting had paid off. It is no easy task to act on a stage where heads drenched in blood fly about.
However, it seemed they still hadn't fully grasped the situation. I decided to kindly make them aware.
"Am I wrong? Is my thinking incorrect? If you think so, then any one of you try leaving. Why not? Earlier, you were all so desperate to get out."
I threw these provocative words at them with force.
Had it been earlier, such words would have caused eyes to roll and curses to spill. But now, they just clenched their mouths shut and flinched.
"Why don't you speak? Does that mean you all agree with me? No, I see doubt in some of your eyes. So, let's do this. Hey, second rank junior."
I called out to Kamian.
"...What is it?"
"You go check it out too."